Edward Stanton (1681–1734) was an English stonemason, builder and sculptor.
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Life
He was the son of William Stanton, mason (1639–1705) and was apprenticed to his father, along with his brother, Thomas Stanton, and admitted a member of the Worshipful Company of Masons of the City of London in 1702. His first recorded work is a monument at Mitton in Yorkshire to Richard and Isabel Shireburn, 1699, and he is known to have carved over 40 monuments between then and 1718, as well as chimneypieces (for example at Aynhoe Park, Northamptonshire) and Knowsley Hall, Lancashire. In 1720, Stanton was appointed Mason to Westminster Abbey, a post he held until his death, and in which his chief work was rebuilding the north front of the church.
He was in partnership with sculptor Christopher Horsnaile for a large part of his career.
Stanton served as Warden of the Masons' Company in 1713 and 1716, and as Master in 1719. From 1720 onwards he abandoned memorials and worked exclusively on Westminster Abbey (this is likely to have been a contractual obligation).
He died in 1734, and was buried near his parents at St. Andrew, Holborn in the city of London.
Family
He married three times, firstly to a daughter of Samuel Fulkes, his third wife being the daughter of Robert Churchill, mason and bricklayer.
His son Edward Stanton was a linen draper in Fleet Street "at the Golden Key".
Works
Tomb of Richard Shireburn and his wife at Great Mitton, (1699)
Monument to Mary Chester at Barkway (1703) completing his father's work
Tomb of Sir Anthony Abdy at Kelvedon (1704)
Tomb of Ann Barnham at Warminghurst (1704)
Fireplaces for Aynhoe Park (1704 to 1707)
Tomb of Sir Francis Russell, 2nd Baronet of Wytley in Strensham (1705)
Monument to Thomas Bromsal at Blunham (1705)
Monument to John Hutchinson at Lichfield Cathedral (1705)
Memorial to Sir William Lytton at Knebworth (1705)
Memorial to Lady Wagstaffe at Bishops Tachbrook near Warwick (1706)
Monument to Jane Pye at Faringdon (1706)
Monument to Henry Chauncey at Ardeley (1706)
Monument to William Bury at Grantham (1706)
Ornamentation in Temple Church, London (1707)
Monument to Sir Thomas Brograve at Braughing (1707)
Memorial to Sir Philip Monoux at Wootton, Bedfordshire (1707)
Memorial to Sir George Strode at Knebworth (1707)